From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 16 16:15:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA12648 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:15:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA12639 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:15:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA13042; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:14:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:14:50 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: brian skrab cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse + Modem problem... In-Reply-To: <199811150811.DAA09873@us.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 15 Nov 1998, brian skrab wrote: > I've just installed FreeBSD 2.2.7 on my 486 home 'puter and got > Xwindows configured and running and was quite happy with its > performance until I had it make a ppp connection to my ISP. Once > the modem connection was up, *everything* s l o w e d down. What's > weird about it is that if I move the mouse, things speed up. If I > just let the mouse sit, performance drags heavily. I checked out > what was going on with 'top' and found that while the mouse is at > rest, nearly 50% of the CPU is used in 'interrupt' It's usually at > just a smidge above 0.0% interrupt when the modem isn't connected. > Weird, no? Think it has something to do with the fact that both > devices (modem & mouse) are on the machines 2 serial ports. Your modem and another device are sharing IRQs. Check your modem's settings. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message